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thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.

happiness never decreases by being shared.

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if a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.

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if we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?

indifference brings indifference; lovingkindness brings lovingkindness.

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the rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.

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there is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. doubt separates people. it is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. it is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

there is nothing more worthy than the virtue of selflessness. selflessness unites people. it is a healing herb that unifies strangers and brings families together. it is the love for others that is higher than self-love; it is our only hope.

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whatever joy there is in this world, all comes from desiring others to be happy, and whatever suffering there is in this world all comes from desiring oneself to be happy.



if you try to subdue your selfish motives --- anger and so forth --- and develop more kindness and compassion for others, ultimately you yourself will benefit more than you would otherwise. so sometimes the wise selfish person should practice this way. foolish selfish people are always thinking of themselves, and the result is negative. wise selfish people think of others, help others as much as they can, and the result is that they too receive benefit.



whenever we act negatively, it leads to pain and suffering; whenever we act positively, it eventually results in happiness.



a human being is part of a whole, called by us the "universe", a part limited in time and space. he experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest --- a kind of optical delusion of his conciousness. this delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

Death

death is the beginning of a new life at another phase... nothing is lost...

Purpose

tibetan buddhism has opened my heart and vision...

i want to share with the world the good things that i read... the good experiences that i came across... this is my responsibility... this is the purpose of my life... to help fellow setient beings and liberate them from samsara...

Friendship

friendship is not just fun, games, outings, happiness... to be able to become friends is a destiny... your life could change for the better or worst depending on whom you have befriended...

if u ate a bad apple, you would get stomache...

if u ate a good apple, you would be healthy...

good friends do not play games with you or share the fun of outings or share the happiness of this life with you... these are just the insignificant part of this life... good friends share their responsibilities and spiritual experience with you... so that you too could be relieved from the sufferings of this life... good friends can be for eternal... good friends can also be only for a second... they are still your good friends...

Preparation

in this life, we are always busy preparing ourselves for almost everything, from daily activities and programmes, to future goals and ambitions, and for our descendents... we have even prepared ourselves for birth...but we overlooked in preparing ourselves for death...

Birth

birth is the starting process of death.

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everything changes, nothing remains without change.

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just as water cools both good and bad and washes away all impurity and dust, in the same way you should develop thoughts of love for friend and foe alike, and having reached perfection in love, you will attain enlightenment.

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even if everyone else is not doing good, i alone will.

even if everyone else is doing wrong, i alone will not.